Improvement in cultivators



C. MARSH, 2nd.

Improvement in Cultivators.

I I 202:. 1- J8 I 1, 67,621, W1 n6 6 2%? 1] UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRUS MARSH, 2D, OF NATGHEZ, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN C ULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 130,384, dated August13, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS MARSH, 2d, of Natchez, in the county of Adamsand State of Mississippi, have invented a new and. useful Improvement inGarden-Cultivator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanydrawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention is designed especially for use in'the light soils of thesouth; and consists in the combination of pivoted handles having apeculiarly-constructed securing-iron with the main frame of thecultivator, and also in the general construction and arrangement of themachine as a whole, whereby it is peculiarly adapted for the specialwork for which it is designed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improvedcultivator with a portion of the wheel'broken away to show its adjustingmechanism. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation; Fig. 3, a perspective ofthe irons supporting the handles; and Fig. 4, a plan view.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to and are pivoted to the main frame near its front end, asshown. They are supported near their center by means of a V-shaped iron,b, the lower end of which is removably attached to the iron b upon themain frame.

0 0 represent the side beams, which correspond in length with the mainbeam A, and are provided with transverse slots adapted to receive thecross-bars a a, as shown. The

beams areadjustable upon the bars in a lateral direction, and are heldin any desired position by means of a securing-pin, as shown. Each beamis provided with a shovel, D, attached to the beam by means of a shank,d, in any proper manner, and each beam has also a wheel, E, providedwith a bearing-face, e, and a cutting flange, e, which wheel is attachedin place by means of a slotted arm which permits its verticaladjustment.

By means of the described construction the machine is peculiarly fittedfor the purposes for which it is designed. By adjusting the beamslaterally, it is adapted either to work between the rows or upon bothsides of a single row. By changing sides with the side beams, it isadapted to throw the dirt either to or from the rows. The wheels arereadily adjusted to regulate the depth of the shovels.

By means of the cutting-flanges, the machine is guided with accuracy andcase. If desired, the machine may be used without the wheels. Themachine as a whole is exceedingly simple in its construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The machine described provided with the main frame A a a, theremovable side beam 0, having wheels and shovels attached, as described,and pivoted handles B B provided with the V-shaped iron I), allconstructed and operating substantially as described.

2. The pivoted handles B B, provided with the V-shaped irons b withright-angled flange, in combination with the main frame, as described,the iron being so arranged that it may be readily adjusted and be heldby a single pin or screw.

This specification signed and witnessed this 11th day of May, 1872.

G. MARSH, 2D.

W'itnesses JAMES CARSON, A. T. WELCH.

